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title: "7 Words Instead Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Words Instead quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Words Instead sayings and thoughts."
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> [“I didn't ask anything—I hadn't the words. Instead I spoke the smallest one—the one I should have used more in my short…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lawrence/i-didn-t-ask-anything-i-hadn-t-the-words-instead-i-spoke-the-smallest/)

[Mark Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lawrence/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/772/mark-lawrence-992_language_i-didn-t-ask-anything-i-hadn-t-the-words_140845.png)

> [“this library is another desert. A wasteland of words instead of sand.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-r-donaldson/this-library-is-another-desert-a-wasteland-of-words-instead-of-sand/)

[Stephen R. Donaldson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-r-donaldson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cb/stephen-r-donaldson-9552_wasteland_this-library-is-another-desert-a-wastela_145410.jpg)

> [“He wished the man would honor the true meaning of words, instead of using them as ammunition.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-joyce/he-wished-the-man-would-honor-the-true-meaning-of-words-instead-of/)

[Rachel Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-joyce/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c4/rachel-joyce-2226_language_he-wished-the-man-would-honor-the-true-m_211319.jpg)

> [It is no small mischief to a boy, that many of the best years of his life should be devoted to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cobbett/it-is-no-small-mischief-to-a-boy-that-many-of-the-best-years-of-his/)

[William Cobbett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cobbett/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d02/william-cobbett-8980_best-year_it-is-no-small-mischief-to-a-boy-that-ma_770095.jpg)

> [Meanings receive their dignity from words instead of giving it to them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/meanings-receive-their-dignity-from-words-instead-of-giving-it-to-them/)

[Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec7/blaise-pascal-167_dignity_meanings-receive-their-dignity-from-word_2033193.jpg)

> [Sex is just another form of talk, where you act the words instead of saying them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence/sex-is-just-another-form-of-talk-where-you-act-the-words-instead-of/)

[D. H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/787/d-h-lawrence-426_form_sex-is-just-another-form-of-talk-where-y_2067233.png)

> [I sometimes feel I would like to do crazy things with 'Endgame,' where someone says something, but the words, instead of being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-mcburney/i-sometimes-feel-i-would-like-to-do-crazy-things-with-endgame-where/)

[Simon McBurney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-mcburney/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df1/simon-mcburney-7667_being_i-sometimes-feel-i-would-like-to-do-craz_2069076.png)

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